LARRIER v. LLC (2009)

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the defendant Gateway Sherman, Inc., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Balter, J.), dated April 16, 2008, which denied its motion, inter alia, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and all cross claims insofar as asserted against it.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs payable to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

In view of the limited disclosure conducted, triable issues of fact exist as to whether the alleged defective condition existed at the time of the conveyance of the subject property from the appellant to the defendant Renaissance Equity Holdings, LLC (hereinafter Renaissance), and, if so, whether Renaissance, as the new owner of the property, had a reasonable opportunity prior to the accident to remedy that condition (see Bittrolff v. Ho's Dev. Corp., 77 N.Y.2d 896, 898, 568 N.Y.S.2d 902, 571 N.E.2d 72;  see Kilmer v. White, 254 N.Y. 64, 171 N.E. 908;  Gramazio v. 370 Lexington Avenue, LLC, 40 A.D.3d 303, 836 N.Y.S.2d 84;  Fisher v. Braun, 227 A.D.2d 586, 587, 643 N.Y.S.2d 205;  Farragher v. City of New York, 26 A.D.2d 494, 496, 275 N.Y.S.2d 542, affd. on opn. below 21 N.Y.2d 756, 288 N.Y.S.2d 232, 235 N.E.2d 218).   Accordingly, resolution of these issues must await further discovery.